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Ireland vs South Africa, 2nd T20, Abu Dhabi, Review.

England vs Australia, 5th ODI, Bristol, Review.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd Test, WTC, Galle, Review.

Ireland vs South Africa, 1st T20, Abu Dhabhi, Review.

England vs Australia, 4th ODI, Lords, Review.

England vs Australia, 3rd ODI, Chester-le-Street, Review.

England win the 3rd ODI against Australia at Chester-le-Street by 46 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis Method. Australia finished on 304/7 off their 50 overs with Steven Smith and Alex Carey top-scoring for Australia while, Brydon Carse was the pick of the English bowlers, picking up 2 wickets for England. The match got called off due to rain after 37.4 overs and England were 46 runs ahead of the DLS revised target of 209. Harry Brook scored his maiden ODI century for England in a Man of the Match display and was backed up by Will Jacks who scored a brilliant half-century. Mitchell Starc and Cameron Green picked up 2 wickets each for Australia.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Galle, Review.

Sri Lanka have taken a 1-0 lead in the 2-match Test series against New Zealand with a 63-run victory at Galle. Prabath Jayasuriya starred for Sri Lanka with 9 wickets in the match, including a 5fa in the 2nd innings. New Zealand were in the game for some parts of the match, but Sri Lanka won those crucial battles in the middle stages of the game to seal a victory on Day 5. Will O'Rourke, Ajaz Patel, and Rachin Ravindra were standouts for New Zealand in this Test match, while Kamindu Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, and Dinesh Chandimal were solid for Sri Lanka when they needed them. Kamindu Mendis scored his 4th Test century, and in his 7th consecutive Test match, he scored more than 50 runs in at least one inning of a Test match. Rachin Ravindra tried his best to get New Zealand over the line, but the target was too much in the end for the Blackcaps. The final Test will be played at Galle starting today at 2:30PM AEST.

India vs Bangladesh, 1st Test, Chennai, Review.

India have taken a 1-0 lead in the 2 match Test series against Bangladesh with a 280-run demolition job at Chennai. Bangladesh started really well with Hasan Mahmud getting 4 wickets early on, but a 200-run partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja helped India reach a solid total of 376. Hasan Mahmud starred for Bangladesh, picking up his 2nd Test match 5-wicket haul. Bangladesh was bowled out for 149. Jasprit Bumrah picked up 4 wickets in the first innings for India. After that, Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored centuries to help India declare at 2874 in their 2nd innings and set Bangladesh a target of 515 to win the match. Bangladesh tried their best and captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a valiant half-century, but the target proved to be too much in the end, as Ravichandran Ashwin picked up another 5fa as India bowled the Bangladeshis out for 234 to win the match by 280 runs inside 4 days.

England vs Australia, 2nd ODI, Headingley, Review.

Australia have taken a 2-0 lead in the 5-match OSI series against England with another solid victory against England, this time at Leeds by 68 runs. Mitchell Marsh, and Man of the Match, Alex Carey scored excellent half-centuries to get Australia to a total of 270 all out in 44.4 overs before the bowlers did the job to bowl England out for 202 in 40.2 overs.

Afghanistan vs South Africa 3rd ODI Review.

South Africa get a consolation win in the final ODI against Afghanistan at Sharjah. Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, and Nqabayomzi Peter picked up 2 wickets each to bowl Afghanistan out for 169. South Africa chased down the target with ease as Aiden Markram scored 69 not out off 67 balls to get the South Africans home with 7 wickets and 102 balls remaining. Rahmanullah Gurbaz top-scored with 89 off 94 balls and received the Man of the Match and Player of the Series Award.